collected in East Africa. 255 



No, 40. ? of above. Njemps, July 13^ 1890. — Legs pale 

 liorn-blue ; bill dusky ; irides bright reddish brown. 



No. 51. ? ad. Njemps, July 16, 1890.— Bill dusky black; 

 other soft parts as in No. 40. 



49. DiNEMELLIA DINEMELLI. (M^ritt ' 



DinemeUia ditiemelli (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 506 (1890). 



Textor dinemeUi, Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 333 (Pare) ; Sal- 

 vad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 194 (1884; Shoa) ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 132 (Wapokomolaud, Barawa) ; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 368 (Useri river). 



DinemeUia leucocephala, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 

 (2) vi. p. 296 (1888). 

 No. 4. c? ad. Butzsuma, Teita, Dec. 3, 1888. 



50. Textor scioanus. 

 Textor scioanus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. 



p. 195 (1884; Shoa), vi. p. 296 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 511. 

 Ad. Kikuyu country. 



Fara. Fringillid^. 

 -51. Crithagra albifrons. 

 Crithagra albifrons, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118. 

 No. 44. S. Kikuyu, Aug. 5, 1889. — Irides brown; bill 'Jy,/^ 



dusky horn ; legs brown. 

 No, 323. S . Mount Elgon, Feb. 25, 1890.— Irides brown ; 

 bill dark horn-brown ; legs pale brownish hoi'n. In 

 thick forest. 

 I append a full description of the typical specimen. 

 Adult male. General colour above brown, with a wash of 

 olive-green ; wing-coverts dusky brown edged with olive, the 

 greater series with a narrow whitish tip ; the median coverts 

 with a larger whitish spot at the ends, forming a double wing- 

 bar ; primary-coverts and quills blackish brown, edged with 

 ohve-yellow, the inner secondaries with whitish ; tail-feathers 

 dark brown with olive-yellow edges ; head rather more dusky 

 than the back ; forehead white across the base ; eyelid white ; 



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